Changes and Challenges for Safe Streets at Caltrans
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Streetsblog, CalBike, and BikeTalk converse with Caltrans Deputy Director of Planning and Modal Programs Jeanie Ward-Waller
Bus Lanes Update: La Brea, Olive/Grand, and More Alvarado Coming Soon
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Announced today: Metro and LADOT are planning 5.9 miles of La Brea Avenue peak-hour bus lanes - from Sunset Boulevard to Coliseum Street
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Newsom signs bills allowing duplexes, quadplexes in single-family zones (Mercury News, SF Chronicle)
- San Diego will scrap transportation/development guide to incorporate new state rules on VMT (Patch)
- The U.S. is on the precipice of a transportation revolution (NRDC)
- Except that the proposed e-bike tax credit was cut in half (Bicycle Retailer)
- Wildlife crossing needed over Las Vegas high-speed rail – but btw, also over existing highway (LA Times)
- Transportation pollution doesn’t only come on wheels (EarthJustice)
- Being a climate hawk in Congress has been a lonely job (Slate)
- LA County to shut down urban oil fields (Capital and Main)
- Chevron to invest a bit more on low-carbon fuels (Wall Street Journal)
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SGV Connect 84 – El Monte Mutual Aid and Pop Up Lanes in Alhambra
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Welcome back to the SGV Connect podcast, this week Damien talks with Active SGV about a pop-up bike lane in Alhambra, but first Kris checks in with some of the leaders of a mutual aid organization in El Monte.
Opinion: How to Beat Opponents of Street Safety
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Road diet debates often run so hot because they’re proxies for local community attitudes about broader forces of societal change. Here are some lessons on how to change those attitudes.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- More on withheld HSR funding (Smart Cities Dive)
- Pasadena moves to reclaim the unfinished stub of the 710 freeway (Pasadena Now, Pasadena Star News)
- Bay Area is “reopening” but transit ridership is slow to recover (KTVU)
- LA County takes first (baby) steps to end oil drilling in urban areas (LA Times)
- Kern County calls in the National Guard to help with COVID surge (Bakersfield.com)
- How urban settings exhaust people (Psychology Today)
- Paris is liberating itself from cars (Slate)
- Census: U.S. government aid during pandemic helped reduce poverty (Reuters)
- Oh great. Climate change may increase cases of dangerous Valley Fever (Grist)
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Newsbits Round-Up: Metro Ridership, 710 Freeway, Metro Buses and More
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Another 710 Freeway task force, Metro CNG bus fire, 210 Freeway crash barrier, Metro ridership recovering from COVID lows, and local return money for driving
Follow up Q&A: A Life Taken by Hayward’s Unsafe Designs
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The brother of a cyclist killed in Hayward last June speaks out about decisions that lead to his brother's death--and the pain of seeing deadly designs go unchanged
Reconciliation Looking Good For Sustainable Transportation (So Far)
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New House legislation coming out of Peter DeFazio's committee could restore some of what sustainable transportation advocates lost during the negotiations over the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill — without technically breaking President Biden's promises to the GOP.
Study: How We Talk About Racism in Transportation — And Why it Matters
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For too long, the rhetoric around active mobility has been deeply rooted in White supremacy, classism, and other intersecting oppressions that violate our fundamental and collective human rights.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- NTSB chair calls for fundamental rethink of transportation planning (Smart Cities Dive)
- Saving public transportation and the untapped potential of listening (The City Fix)
- Brompton bike company urges cities to become safer and sustainable (Bicycling)
- Illinois passes a groundbreaking equitable climate bill (NRDC)
- Amsterdam built an underwater bike garage/aquatic habitat (Fast Company)
- Bruce’s Beach to be returned to family’s heirs (California City News)
- Court rules that San Mateo improperly denied a housing development (San Mateo Daily Journal)
- Coastal fog is declining worldwide as climate shifts (Santa Cruz Lookout)
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